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"History of Western Philosophy" redirects here. For the book by Bertrand Russell, see A History of Western Philosophy. History of Western philosophy Western philosophy By era Pre-Socratic · Ancient · Medieval Renaissance · Modern · Contemporary By century 16th · 17th · 18th · 19th · 20th See also Religious philosophy Christian · Jewish · Islamic Hindu · Sikh · Buddhist Eastern philosophy Babylonian · Indian · Iranian Chinese · Japanese · Korean Western culture · Western world v · t · e Western philosophy is the philosophical thought and work of the Western or Occidental world. Historically, the term was recently invented to refer to the philosophical thinking of Western civilization, beginning with Greek philosophy in ancient Greece, and eventually covering a large area of the globe. The word philosophy itself originated in ancient Greece: philosophia (φιλοσοφία), literally, "the love of wisdom" (φιλεῖν — philein "to love" and σοφία - sophia, "wisdom"). |
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